The holiday season
madisonrmartinez
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Anyone else nervous about all the food-centric holidays quickly approaching? Im relatively confident that I’ll stick to a caloric deficit, but I’m definitely worried about all the temptation that will be out there and balancing diet and splurges.
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Nope. Thanksgiving I'll eat at maintenance or even a small deficit. Christmas I take a diet break the week of (my only real splurges are a potluck the Thursday before and breakfast with my coworkers the day after).
Holidays and special occasions (birthday/wedding) I don't worry as much about sticking to my calories. Those days make up a small percentage of the year. It's what I do the rest of the time that counts.19 -
Not anymore. I have realized and accepted that it's holiDAYS, not holiMONTHS, and I don't have to accept any offer just because. I can still eat whatever I want, and I do.19
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nope. a few days out of the year does not make a difference!
eat and enjoy and love your loved ones!2 -
Christmas isn't for another 6 weeks.
Stick to your diet for the next 5 weeks, take a couple weeks off over Christmas, and resume again a few days into January.
That's my plan!
Also, start ramping up your exercise. Here, it's late spring and the weather is finally starting to become nice. More walking, more cycling!!
If it is winter where you are, get on the cross-country skis, snowshoes, skates ... get your family involved and have some fun. Focus more on getting out and doing stuff than on eating.
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I definitely plan on eating smart, mostly because I've JUST started losing weight and I don't want to be thrown off. For me that just means I'll use a small plate, put more veggies on my plate and have smaller portions of my favorite foods. I'm lucky that I only have a few favorites (green bean casserole, pumpkin pie) as well. The hardest will be stuffing, because it's such a high carb food, so I might just have a spoon or so of that.4
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I am also worried! I plan to cut out the candy and chips this year and stick to my favorite treats- Mom's buttertarts and stuffing. Plus ramp up the exercise to a couple hours a day when I'm off on vacation.4
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Not worried at all. I love, love, love this time of year. Parties and gatherings and friends and relatives and hugs and smiles. I'm sure my weight will be up and down for the next couple of months and I may be carrying a few extra lbs come January, but that's what New Year's resolutions are for. Those lbs won't hang around for long.7
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I'm more worried about being around food that could reactivate my taste for salty fatty foods than I am about overindulgence on any one day. There are just a few foods (potato chips being one) that I don't have control over so I don't eat them or keep them around. But I'm going to a few events over the holidays where there will be lots of rich and indulgent food around. Fortunately, most of it won't be 100% plant-based, so I won't eat any of it, but I don't want to start craving things like potato chips or fried onions or that sort of thing.1
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I will take a rum and egg nog about now.....5
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Sample everything I like, log it, and move on. It is only a few days, and I will not let it become a daily indulgence.
I love this time of year and everything it involves, and that includes the food.3 -
Eat at maintainence and enjoy is what I do. I choose what treats are unique and what I value the most. M+Ms? I can get those year round. Grandma's homemade pumpkin pie? Rare and special! Definitely having a slice or two. Won't make a difference in the long run of a healthy lifestyle and caloric intake.6
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I'm looking forward to enjoying a couple big Christmas dinners but otherwise, business as usual. Just because the stores are filled with Christmas candy and chocolate doesn't mean you gotta buy it for yourself.1
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Yes and no. I'm not so much worried about the big meals or the goodies that will be around. I know that's part of what this time of year is about, and I try to let myself enjoy it.
What I am worried about is that I'll use it as an excuse to go nuts and eat all of everything from late Nov thru whenever I can't fit in my pants anymore.
Allowing myself some flexibility and enjoyment of the season is one thing. Using it as an excuse to binge and whatnot is very different.4 -
nope, that's what the weekly goal and maintenance are there for!3
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My planned surplus (doing a bulk/mass gain/hypertrophy cycle) goes on until the end of January, so all the holidays are covered. Besides, as others have said in not so many words, doing a diet break or even refeed during the holidays is a good idea anyway. No negatives or worries then. No stress = better adherence to weight loss plan and better weight loss usually.0
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I'm nervous. Started eating better and working out again a week ago. My family is Mexican and there is so much yummy food during the holidays. Also, everyone will think I'm rude if I don't eat my aunties tamales2
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I definitely plan on eating smart, mostly because I've JUST started losing weight and I don't want to be thrown off. For me that just means I'll use a small plate, put more veggies on my plate and have smaller portions of my favorite foods. I'm lucky that I only have a few favorites (green bean casserole, pumpkin pie) as well. The hardest will be stuffing, because it's such a high carb food, so I might just have a spoon or so of that.
Small plate! I'll do that for thanksgiving!0 -
madisonrmartinez wrote: »Anyone else nervous about all the food-centric holidays quickly approaching? Im relatively confident that I’ll stick to a caloric deficit, but I’m definitely worried about all the temptation that will be out there and balancing diet and splurges.
My plan is to change my way of thinking. I am no longer considering these food-centric holidays. To me, these are family/friend-centric holidays. The food is just another meal that I will plan for the same way I do any other meal throughout the year.6 -
I admit - this is my first holiday season on this lifestyle and so far I've lost 7 pounds (out of 35 total I'm trying to lose). So, while it's a nice victory, it's not *so* much that I feel like I can't undo it. Like if I gain back 3-4 pounds I'll be devastated.
I'll be spending 10 days with my BFs family out of town and will need to be careful. I'm very nervous for the holidays this year. Definitely going to fit in some exercise and exercise portion control, but besides that I feel pretty powerless.0 -
I don't worry about it because I have learned that I don't need to stuff myself at Thanksgiving or Christmas. I have felt sick enough times after eating too much that I just don't massively overeat anymore. It also helps that I don't like gravy, rolls, stuffing (unless it is my aunt's oyster dressing), so I eat some turkey, a reasonable amount of potatoes with butter (I can have potatoes any time, so I don't gorge on those either). A couple of sides and I'm good.0
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I'm just going to be really good until the week of Christmas and then it will all go to *kitten*, but that's okay because it's the holidays and I like to eat. We are going on vacation to the beach the week between Christmas and NYE and I plan on eating and being buzzed the entire week. Then I'll get back on board after Jan 1. Okay, maybe Jan 2.3
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I look forward to a single day of holiday eating. The harder part for me is to stay at "home" (where I grew up) with my mother for up to a week. When I come home my mom wants to have waffles and cinnamon rolls for breakfast every morning. Or if I ask for eggs, she'll make me 4 eggs scrambled with cheese and butter plus huge pieces of toast slathered with butter. It has been this way forever. I am not overweight, and if I make any sort of whisper about not wanting to overeat I hear a big fuss about it. Last time I was home I caught my mom sneaking a look at the size of my jeans. *facepalm*
I am perfectly capable of making my own breakfast, but any only children out there will know my struggle. I'm just going to try not to worry about it all too much. Enjoy the season!0 -
I'm definitely worried, since this is my first holiday season since I started to count calories and exercise. (These are really early days...started exercising in Sept. and logging calories here since 11/4) I love stuffing more than life itself. I love dark meat turkey. My sister-in-law the pastry chef is making pie, so I'm definitely eating that. I'll probably have a very small breakfast and lunch that day and take advantage of the gym at the hotel we're staying at. I really need to not blow it, because I've lost so little and struggled so much with my weight for the past 4 years.
We're visiting my husband's family, and their way of showing love involves stuffing you with food until you can't move. Somehow, I have to politely decline.0 -
I usually start counting calories around the holidays because I don't want to start the new year 5-10 pounds heavier. It's the rest of the year that challenges me because I'm not as focused.0
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One way I deal with anticipated larger meals is I don't eat prior to the meal. I won't eat breakfast or lunch, and eat a reasonable amount at dinner, which for us is usually around 1 pm anyway. So I can eat my daily calorie allotment at that one meal and still be good.0
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I guess it could make a difference on where you are in your weight loss journey. This will be my 3rd holiday season since I started losing weight. I belong to another another weight loss group and someone asked a similar question. I honestly stated that I will not even think about eating healthy until the Monday after Thanksgiving. You would think that I said everyone pig out and eat everything in sight. I was just giving my account of my holiday.
Thanksgiving for my family is about food and family. Quite a bit of the food that we have we only have once a year. I am going to enjoy it. I am looking forward to it. I am not going to beat myself up for it either.
Every one does not choose to splurge or maybe cannot splurge and get back on track. That is what makes the world great. Everyone is different. I say whatever you choose, enjoy it.5 -
This will be my 3rd holiday season on MFP and I’m feeling much more in control now than in the past. Will I overindulge? Probably. Can I make a quick recovery and get back on track? Most definitely.
The hardest part for me is the office treats. Vendors send piles of decadent treats that stockpile in the kitchen. Some of it is crap, but some are really special.3
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